Robots are viewed as the more troubling future threat, while aliens are dismissed as unlikely to take over. Aliens are considered a non-issue because, if they existed and intended harm, they would have acted long ago or at any time. Robots are expected to create major disruption for the working class. Automation is predicted to eliminate jobs that once supported the middle class. The federal government is suggested to have known that robotics would take over much of the workforce. Universal basic income is linked to that expectation, and marijuana legalization is framed as a way to keep people occupied at home.
"“If the supposition is there are aliens . . . and there have been aliens, well, if they wanted to take us over, they would have done it a long time ago. Or they could take us over at any time.” Corgan added aliens don't worry him, saying “That's like worrying about an alien stomping on a bug.”"
"“I think the havoc it's going to wreak is on the working class,” Corgan said. “I think you already see it,” he noted. “It won't be long where those jobs that used to support the middle class, like people in my family - the people I grew up with - those jobs are just not going to be there.”"
"“I think the government has known for a while” that robotics are “going to take over a lot of the work force,” Corgan said, “which is why they started floating out universal basic income, and which is also why they passed pot legalization, because they just want people to stay home and play video games.”"
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